Success rates of pre-hospital difficult airway management: a quality control study evaluating an in-hospital training program

摘要

BackgroundCompetence in emergency airway management is key in order to improve patient safety and outcome. The scope of compulsory training for emergency physicians or paramedics is quite limited, especially in Austria. The purpose of this study was to review the difficult airway management performance of an emergency medical service (EMS) in a region that has implemented a more thorough training program than current regulations require, comprising 3??months of initial training and supervised emergency practice and 3??days/month of on-going in-hospital training as previously reported.